THE MIGHTY LORD MAYOR.
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Many people have the impression that the Lord Mayor of London is the greatest man in this kingdom. There is a line or two in an old song relating to a lover who did not like to pop the question to his girl. He said:—
"If I were a Lord Mayor, A Marquis or an Earl, Blowed if I wouldn't marry Old Brown's girl."
That represents a great deal of the feeling in this country about the magnificence of the position of the Lord Mayor of London.
Newport Conservative Meeting, July 25th, 1901.